{"id":1353753,"date":"2024-06-05T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1353753"},"modified":"2024-09-02T09:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T08:54:51","slug":"glen-johnson-interview-enzo-maresca-chelsea-england-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/glen-johnson-interview-enzo-maresca-chelsea-england-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Johnson: England can learn from Real Madrid&#8217;s Champions League win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former England defender Glen Johnson spoke to Squawka about the Three Lions&#8217; chances at Euro 2024 this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Johnson commented on the differences between his squad and his England teams, Gareth Southgate&#8217;s right-back choice and what the Three Lions can learn from past heartache.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about Mauricio Pochettino leaving Chelsea, Enzo Maresca&#8217;s first tasks as Blues manager and Darwin Nunez&#8217;s Liverpool future.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jump to:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#MARESCA\"><strong>Enzo Maresca&#8217;s first job at Chelsea<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#RIGHT-BACK\"><strong>Who England&#8217;s right-back at Euro 2024 should be<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#PRE-GAMES\"><strong>The mindset of pre-tournament games<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#LESSONS\"><strong>The lessons to learn from Real Madrid<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#YOUNG\"><strong>Being a young player in an England squad<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#WATKINS\"><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s links to Ollie Watkins<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#NUNEZ\"><strong>Why Liverpool should stick with Darwin Nunez<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Since we last spoke, Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea. What did you think of that decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was surprised. To be honest, I didn\u2019t hear the news straightaway. And when I did, just through gossip, I was pretty shocked. Mainly because, obviously, I\u2019ve supported him pretty much the whole time. They\u2019ve had the best team they\u2019ve had for probably three years and I don\u2019t really know what they were expecting. So yeah, it did come as a bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve mentioned previously that when you were at Chelsea, you were surprised to see Claudio Ranieri sacked in 2004. How does a surprise sacking\/managerial departure impact the players and the dressing room?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I guess with the Ranieri situation, that was a bigger shock because we had a fantastic team and we finished second. So we\u2019re thinking we\u2019re on the right path already, how much better can it get? But luckily Roman (Abramovich) and the team got it right because obviously they brought in (Jose) Mourinho and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>But with this sacking, I guess it\u2019s less surprising just because they\u2019re not where Chelsea should be. But they bought players to plan for the next five or six years, I thought they took the manager that\u2019s going to plan for that as well. Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day. So it\u2019s a bit surprising as I don\u2019t really know what they were expecting. And a new manager, yeah it could put the cat amongst the pigeons and get some reactions out of the players, and it can work as we\u2019ve seen before. But it just seems a bit odd to me at the moment.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [squawka-selector-this-weekend] does not exist -->\n<p><strong>Enzo Maresca is the man expected to replace Pochettino. Are the Blues taking a risk in appointing a manager with no Premier League experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are elements of risk with every new manager, even with Premier League experience, but it doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s not going to be successful. I don\u2019t know much about him to be honest. I\u2019ve never met him, I haven\u2019t seen many games that he\u2019s managed, so I don\u2019t know much about him. But again, he\u2019s got to take over what Pochettino has left. And now it seems that the owners don\u2019t have a four or five-year plan. So it\u2019d be interesting to hear what the owners are saying to whoever the new manager is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-potential-line-ups-after-transfer-window\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three ways Chelsea could line up after the transfer window<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"MARESCA\"><\/a><strong>What does Maresca need to do to win over a dressing room that seemed pretty upset that Pochettino left? What did Jose Mourinho do to make his mark early on with your group of players?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be honest, he just turned up like a grenade. He just walked straight into the dressing room and obviously he\u2019s got a presence about him. He just delivered his character straight away and everyone was like, \u201cwow, who\u2019s this guy?\u201d But in a good way, in a sense that he just got everyone\u2019s attention immediately. Straight away he told us exactly what he was going to do, what we were going to win, when we\u2019re going to win it. And it was just a way of introducing yourself that I\u2019ve never seen.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone\u2019s like Mourinho, so I appreciate that you can\u2019t just bang the doors of its hinges. But he does need to get the players\u2019 respect early, in whichever way he sees fit. And for me, you have to make sure you\u2019ve got a team. I don\u2019t care if they\u2019re the best players in the dressing room or not, you need a team. So he needs to work out who isn\u2019t going to be pulling in his direction as quickly as possible, and get rid of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea are being linked with the likes of Victor Osimhen and Lautaro Martinez in the summer transfer window. Would they be doing the right thing in signing a striker, or would this halt any progress that was made by Nicolas Jackson last season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well it might halt it, but if he\u2019s not good enough to start, then he\u2019s not good enough to start. So I think you need players like that to come in, that have played at the top. I\u2019ve mentioned I\u2019ve been a fan of Martinez for a while. Players like that are used to big games, they should be able to handle the Premier League. And if he\u2019s got a player like that breathing down his neck, it might kick him on. Or, if not, then he\u2019s not good enough anyway, so you might as well find out sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should Chelsea\u2019s priority in the summer transfer window be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d probably still say a striker and probably a centre half, maybe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reece James wasn\u2019t included in Gareth Southgate\u2019s preliminary squad for Euro 2024. Were you surprised that he was left out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On ability, absolutely. But he hasn\u2019t been fit. So you can only assume it\u2019s down to the fitness, not clearly on how he\u2019s been playing or on his ability. Because if they\u2019re all fit then he\u2019s the one that will probably start. It\u2019s not a surprise because he hasn\u2019t had many minutes and he\u2019s obviously not match fit.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RIGHT-BACK\"><\/a><strong>Who do you expect to be England\u2019s starting right-back at Euro 2024? And who would you pick, if your choice is different?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now, with the circumstances, I\u2019d probably say Kyle Walker will start. Obviously he\u2019s had a good season, I would have picked Reece if he was fit. And Trent (Alexander-Arnold), for certain games he\u2019s going to be perfect at right-back and for other games he\u2019d be great in midfield. So as an out-and-out right back, with everything going on, I\u2019d say Kyle Walker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kyle Walker recently named Reece James as his best right back in the world right now. Do you agree? If not, who would be your choice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult because there are a lot of good right backs out there that, in a certain month, are probably the best right back in the world for that month. But to say someone\u2019s the best right back for, say, five years, I don\u2019t think anyone\u2019s done that. Everyone\u2019s had their dips, which is normal, but it\u2019s a hard thing. You\u2019ve got to be out-and-out the absolute best for anyone to say you\u2019re the best right back in the world across a few years-stint. But I\u2019d certainly put him up there, with a good shout and a good argument.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"PRE-GAMES\"><\/a><strong>When building up to a major tournament, how important is it that you win your warm up matches? Or is it better that the players just gel on the pitch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s both really, You need to work on certain things that you\u2019re going to try and do in the tournament. You\u2019ve got to try a few things out, if you\u2019re doing something different depending on who you\u2019re going to be playing against in a group. But you always want to go into tournaments with momentum, and good feelings, and you want to get some goals for the strikers and get their confidence blooming.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to win, really, but it\u2019s more important that the players stay fit, gel well and are prepared perfectly for the tournament. But if you go in there losing a couple of games before the tournament, then of course everything looks down and it\u2019s going to look and sound negative. So you do really want to get some positive results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You represented England at three major tournaments. What goes through a player\u2019s mind for these warm up games ahead of major tournaments? Are you trying your best, or just hoping to avoid injury?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You always try your best but, absolutely, you don\u2019t want to get injured. You\u2019re not going to be going into daft tackles. There are certain times when players tackle thinking \u2018cor I could get hurt\u2019 and you don\u2019t go into those ones. The manager would go mad and the teammates would go mad if you did something stupid like that and got yourself injured for no reason whatsoever. But that doesn\u2019t mean you play with the handbrake on. You\u2019re still giving it everything, but you\u2019re just playing more sensibly.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LESSONS\"><\/a><strong>What can England learn from their previous tournament heartbreak to potentially get them over the line this summer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think they were just a bit too naive in the last one. They\u2019re just too nice, they\u2019re obviously lovely lads and bloody good footballs. But you can\u2019t win these tournaments by being nice guys playing nice football, it doesn\u2019t happen. Look at Real Madrid in the Champions League final. They were rubbish for 75 minutes, but they managed to win and that\u2019s the difference.<\/p>\n<p>We were the best team against Italy for 60 minutes, maybe a bit less. But then you just need to find a way to win, and that means they have to do the nasty bits. If you\u2019re caught out of position, you have to make a foul, you have to take a booking at the right time, you have to kill the clock every now and then. You can\u2019t win these major tournaments when all the other players are also good players with a winning mentality, you have to match it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: England odds to win Euro 2024: Probability, path to final, tactics, stats &amp; full squad<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What differences do you see between this England team and yours from Euro 2012?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d probably say it\u2019s the opposite in a sense. Obviously this team is probably a lot younger, I don\u2019t know what it is off the top of my head, but just thinking out loud it\u2019s probably a lot younger. And I\u2019d probably say our defensive side was better than what we have now, but I\u2019d say this team going forward is better than what we had. The team is almost upside down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From your experience of previous tournament squads, does it make any difference to have players, like Jude Bellingham, who link up later due to club commitments such as the Champions League final?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not really, because there are only ever one or two. And if they\u2019re late, it\u2019s because they\u2019re playing in the Champions League final, so it\u2019s a bloody good thing. He doesn\u2019t need to play another game for England before the tournament, he\u2019s just played another 90 minutes more than anybody else. You want him to be fit.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not really going to learn anything by playing a couple of pre-competition games. And, let\u2019s face it, he\u2019s going to start. Everyone knows that. The lads will be lovely, welcoming him with open arms and he just needs to learn what the manager is trying to do in the meeting room rather than on the pitch. But if you\u2019re good enough to play in the Champions League final, then you\u2019re good enough to miss a couple of pre-competition games.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"YOUNG\"><\/a><strong>The likes of Harvey Eliott, Adam Wharton and Jarrell Quansah have made the step up from England\u2019s under-21s from March. As someone who has made that jump, what is the first camp with the senior squad like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit nerve-wracking. From my situation, obviously you\u2019re young, you\u2019re super young, and you\u2019re now in the dressing room with all the players you were watching when you were at school. So it\u2019s a big jump, but you have to get over that as quickly as possible. From my situation, the lads were great to me and welcomed me early anyway, and I\u2019m sure this group would do exactly the same.<\/p>\n<p>So for the youngsters, they\u2019ve got to enjoy it because they probably won\u2019t go to the tournament, but it\u2019s still great that they\u2019re even in with a shout, or in that circle. So they need to enjoy it, and try to learn as much as they can.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jarrell Quansah was perhaps a bit of a shock call up to England\u2019s preliminary squad. What did you make of his season with Liverpool?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think there were a lot of positives. I\u2019d say to put him into the England squad right now is probably a big step forward, but he certainly had some performances where he caught the eye and you think there\u2019s a lot of potential there.<\/p>\n<p>But you don\u2019t want to judge a young kid on that, because it\u2019s not really even his first [full] season. It\u2019s been a bit stop start, stop start. So it\u2019s hard for youngsters to gain any confidence and momentum when they\u2019re doing that. And obviously next year will be a big year for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even if he doesn&#8217;t make the squad, how helpful will the experience of being with the England first team be for his future? And for the other youngsters\u2019 futures?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah it\u2019s great. He gets to sample it, see what it\u2019s about, see where the standard is and realise what he\u2019s got to match or live up to. So it\u2019s great to almost be like a fly on the wall and see what goes on. So he can go away, have a big pre-season and prepare himself. And when he comes back, he maybe won\u2019t be so nervous, because he\u2019s seen it all before.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When named in a preliminary squad that needs to be cut down before a tournament, as a player do you normally have a rough idea on whether you\u2019ll make it or not, and who is likely to be dropped out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Absolutely. If everyone stays fit, you know exactly who\u2019s not in the squad. But things happen and they\u2019re there for a reason. Anything can happen in training, someone can get injured in the pre-games and then all of a sudden they might make the main squad. But if everyone stays fit then you almost know the starting XI, give or take one or two. You definitely know the start, and then you kind of know the two, or three, or four that won\u2019t be on the plane so to speak. But, like I say, that\u2019s if everything stays rosy.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"WATKINS\"><\/a><strong>According to reports, Liverpool are eyeing Ollie Watkins as a potential replacement for Darwin Nunez. Would Watkins be a good signing for Liverpool? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, if he could keep giving you 18 to 20 goals a year, then absolutely. Whether he can do that under that sort of pressure at Liverpool, we don\u2019t know. But he\u2019s certainly doing the right things at the moment at Aston Villa. And there are not many people out there doing what he\u2019s doing, so you\u2019d be mad not to give him a chance.<\/p>\n<p>But it would just be about what it costs. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a world-beater by world football standards, but he certainly knows where the goal is, and works hard and knows how to play football. He\u2019s certainly a great player, I think it just boils down to what it\u2019s going to cost. Because he\u2019s not going to start for England, so if you\u2019re not really starting for England, are you good enough for Liverpool? I don\u2019t really know.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"NUNEZ\"><\/a><strong>What should Liverpool do with Darwin Nunez? Has he done enough to show he can be the main man in Liverpool\u2019s attack?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People still think I\u2019m bonkers, but yeah I think he is. The thing is, I know everyone says he misses so many chances, blah blah blah. Yes, he does, but he creates so many chances, and he\u2019s a pain in the backside for any defender to play against. And even when he\u2019s not scoring goals or getting assists, he\u2019s still affecting the game. So I think they\u2019d be absolutely mental to get rid of him. I know a lot of people have said I\u2019m mad for saying it but I\u2019d love to have him in my team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ibrahima Konate is a player being linked with a move away to PSG, while Liverpool are reportedly in talks with the defender for a new contract. Do you see Konate as part of Liverpool\u2019s future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do. I think he\u2019s had a good spell at Liverpool, I don\u2019t know who you\u2019re going to replace him with that can guarantee what he\u2019s capable of doing. So I think it\u2019s quite an easy decision to renew his deal. But I guess it\u2019s down to him and obviously what the new manager is looking for. There are going to be a lot of these sorts of question marks over players, whether they\u2019re going to believe in the new manager and regime. But if they\u2019ve got a good relationship, or can have a good relationship, then I think they should keep him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former England defender Glen Johnson spoke to Squawka about the Three Lions&#8217; chances at Euro 2024 this summer. Johnson commented on the differences between his squad and his England teams, Gareth Southgate&#8217;s right-back choice and what the Three Lions can learn from past heartache. 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